Clasp affixing and detaching device



' v 1. K. KELLOGG. CLASP AF'FIXI-NG AND nmcn mc DEVICE.

APPLICATION HL-ED AUG. 14, 1920- Pat ented. Jan. 3, 1922.]

a means for easily and conveniently removso tually operated equally well by any one of UNITEDSTATVES PATENT OFFICE JOHN x. KELLOGG, or B RKE EY, .oamroame.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN K. Knees, a p

.understood by reference to the following citizen of the United States, residinghat Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasp Afii'xing and Detachin Devices, of which the f0llowing is a speci cationQ, V I hi invention pertaining in general to the art of clasps, has more particular reference to a device particularly adapted; vfor afiixing and also removing claspsg My ink v vention is of. special utility in connection withfaifixing gilove clasps, so called, .to a, glovev or the li e; and it also contemplates ing a claspfrom a glove when necessary. j he primaryobjeot is to provide a simple and" practical means. for'aflixing and fdetaching glove clasps and the like, which shall{ be especially adapted forv use. wherever; gloves or other articles having separable snap-fasteners orclasps are made, handled atively movable arms equipped withcomi plementaldie membersasuch a are (used {for Q1 g V M v I 16- 51 7. Itzwill beobserved that the Zaire; body intermediate -the .complemental farms ofeach pair is'arched inwardly as at-18 nd so that the ends-ofthe arms opposite'tfrom w of the. character described "which f shall. be.

detaching 'them, and in? the provision" of V for opera'tively engaging "any set ofi dies members without removalthereotirom the 1.31

toward and from each "other, being normally disposed in separated? relation and adapted \tdbe: pressed together by flexing the spring 5 bodyqfor thepurpose of bringingthe ,die jme'mbers to ther inalignment in aclamp- .ing action. en myinvention is employed {for}, aflixing andremoving glove clasps, the .die members mayxbe arranged as shown,

y invention or sold. In other words,fl haveaimed to.

"provide a device which may beconveniently operated by'hand .to quicklyandeasily afiix ori remove if necessary, separable fasteners, such as are clamped or pressed' onto an article, as aglove, and which requires no skill for manipulating but may be .efiecordinaryintelligence.

A further obj ect. of H my invention is to provideca device of the characterdescribed including a die holder having, pairsof relaflixing either male or'. female clasps, or for means, preferably in f the form of a plier,

holder, -;or for pressing them; together i 1 and thus clamping the membersofgan interposed clasfl.

also contemplates the provision of adie holder and aplier ofsuch novel design as. to be cooperatively. em plo ed in clamping. the clasp members.

till anotherobjectgisto provide a device capable of. production; ata'ia comparatively low cost andwhich shalls'erve' in a practical and satisfactory manner :the purposes in Other objects and. attendantyadvantages,

Specification of Letters Patent.

will be appreciated by. those familiar with this art as the 1 invention becomes better [description when considered in connection with, the accompanying j drawlngs, 1n wh1ch-' Figure 1a a viewer a plier and die-ho1dng member embodying my invention;

a ig. 2, 'a lview of saidparts showing the die holder in operative association with the plier in the position for detaching a clasp;

Fi as view of the plierand die holder \showlngthe dies pressed together for assembli ngthe members of a female clasp;

Fig. 45a sectional viewthrough theplier taken on the line 4 4: of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5, a sectional view through the dies andseparatedlpartsofa female clasp; v f Fig. 6, sectional viewsthroughqtwo forms ofcomplemental dies employed for detaching or separating the assembledmembersaof a clasp, the embodiment at the left showing the dies in the act of: separating the 1 ele ments of the claspfandi 1 c c f'view through the com- 7 plemental' die members and, separated 'elements ofa male clas i Fig. 7, a sectional The die holder which carries the several pairs of complemental die members may be constructed; invarious. ways, and in the 5 iJpres ent case, I have illustrated as a work:

ing example a preferredfembodiment in" wh ch the holder is inthe form of a, resilient Iwire member designated generallyjby. .charfacter 11, bent backand forth upon itself in Q. fa sinuous manner to provide relatively mov-"If J; f j

able} p airsk ofFarms12%l3, 14-15-";and

the arched portion are [relatively movable comprising dies 19 for clamping together the ,elementsjof a female olasp, dies 21 for a a male clasp and dies 22. for separatingjor 'detaching the elements of aclasp already af fixed to an articleQl i "j 7 I havenow provided a simple and practi l cal means co-operating in a particularly advantageous manner with the die holder for operating any pairof dies 'to'clamp the interposed clasp elements. This consists of a plier which'may be of any suitable form, and which is preferably composed of two parts 23 and 24, pivotally connected together at 25, and shaped to provide handles and jaws 26 and 27 respectively. It will be observed that each'jaw is formed on its facewith a locating recess 28, and that the jaws are turthershaped to jointly providea socket 29 extending inwardly beyond the pivot-connector 25.- This socket is for the reception of the complemental arms of any pair'as shown in Fig. 2, and the medial portion 18 between each pair of arms is arched so as to permit a substantial insertion of'the arms inwardly intermediate the jaws of the plier. It will be. observed, in Fig. 2, that when 'a pair of complemental arms, such as 14-15, havebeen inserted between the jaws, they are held in operative position therebetweenby the. small studs 31 at the back of the die members 22 engaging in the locating recesses 28. Uponnow pressing the handles of the. plier together, the die members will be likewise pressed together but'with a con siderable leverage. advantage so that a powerful pressure or clamping action maybe obtained. f

In operation, any pair of arms maybe in serted between the jaws of the plier and be properly located and held therebetween by reason of oneor more lugs 31 or 32 engaging in the locating recesses 28 and the die members may be pressed together for clamping the interposed clasp elements by a wedging action when it is desired to detach a clasp.

It will be manifest: that the die elements may be of any suitable shape or construction suitable for the particular clasps, the two forms of dies shown in Figs. 5 and 7 illustrating: their use. in connection with male and female members of a conventional clasp.

The diesusedfor separating the elements of p a clasp memberare preferablyof wedge shape in cross-section as shown in either em- 3 bodiment in Fig. 6. In that form designated by 22, the sides o'fthe die adjacent to the material carrying the clasp member are flat. In the other form at the right designated by 33, both sides of thewedge shaped "members may be of similar convergence, and

if desired, the point may be slightly grooved for clamping the periphery of a clasp ele-' ment to facilitate removal thereof. 7

'From' the foregoing, it will be observed that I have provided a die holder carrying a plurality of sets of complemental die members in proper co-operative relation and that I have further provided a simple means for operating any set of dies. Thefoperation of either affixing or =rem'ovingia clasp member may be easily performed by any ordinary person; thus it serves a large demand and is especially suited for glove sales clerks for afiixing clasps which have become loosened or detached, and also for replacing them in the event that they have been-damaged, or for any similar purpose. It will also be noted that I prefer to so arrange the dies that when employing either end set, the major portion of the die holder will 7 ofmy invention, it should be understood that various changes might be made in the construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as ex pressed in the appended claims, in which- I claim: r J 1. Aclasp afiixing, device of thechara'cter fdescribed comprising in combination with a plier, a plurality of pairs of clasp-engaging dies, and means independent of the plier'for normally holding the dies in separated operative relation, the jaws of said plier belng constructed to receive each pair of dies in said separated relation and adapted for relatively moving the dies of each pair for clamping an interposed clasp.

2. The combination with a plier, of a flexible member carrying in operative relan tion a plurality of pairs of dies each pair-of which is adapted to be operated by the plier for clamping interposed parts, said flexible member normally holding the dies'of each pair in separated relation and permitting relative movement between them during the V clamping operation.

3. The combination of a plier havinga retaining recessin the face of one jaw, and

means carrying in operative'relation a pluralityof pairs of dies, one of whichhas a locating boss adapted to enter said. recess, each pair of dies adapted to be. inserted be-. tween said jawswhen open and to be pressed together to clamp interposed parts. r

4.-. A clasp afiixing device comprising :a

plier, the mouth of which extends inwardly beyond the pivotal connection between the plier members, and a flexible member equipped With'a pair of clampingdies normally held 1n separated relation, said mem- 1 her shaped to fit between the jaws of the plier inwardly beyond the pivot thereof and permitting relative movement between the dies by closingaction of the plier for-clamp mg an interposed clasp. r

5. A lasp afiixing device comprising a sinuous wire spring member, and a plurality of pairs of clasp-engaging dies, each pair attached in co-operative relation totheseparate'd adjoining portions of said member so as to be independently movable toward each other against the tension of-s'aid spring member for the purpose of clamping an interposed clasp and to be returned to normal separated position after completion ofthe clamping action.

forth upon itself to provide pairsof'com plemental relatively movable arms, a pair ofclasp-aflixing dies attached to one set of arms, and a pair of clasp-removing dies at tached to another set of arms.

tively compressible die-carrying arms insertible betweenthe jaws of the plier, and a pair of complemental dies'attached to each y I a pairof arms andadapted Whensaid mem 6. A clasp afiixing and removing device comprising a Wire member bent back and her is (Jooperative relation with the plier to clamp an interposed clasp by operation of the plier. y a a jJOHNK. KELLOGG. 

